Kal Here We Come!

With great sadness, we regret to share with readers the passing of Stuart ( The Castle's freeloader mouse) overnight. After traumatising predominantly the female crew members his days were numbered! On our arrival yesterday afternoon, MOAM bought every mouse trapping device available in Norseman! 'Little' did we know there are newer devices available, but would they do the job? Over dinner discussion centred on foods likely to attract Stuart. Peanut paste and Turkish Delight were the preferred options for our 'little' friend. A Stuart Cluedo Sweepstakes was then held, with crew members having to decide on the number of 'Little' victims and the method of despatch. The winners were Shane and Gracie who predicted Stuart was a loner and would be enticed to Turkish Delight on a traditional mousetrap!

RIP Stuart!

Once again we can't thank the CEO's enough for their influence on the weather conditions each day. As Brad finished his ride yesterday, down came the rain. Light drizzle was still falling as we left Norseman but now 65 km further north there are a few clouds around but lots of blue sky and the sun is drying up the road surface. Brad has also welcomed the shift in wind direction and is appreciating a little help from behind.

Morning tea is planned for Widgiemooltha (nightmare for spellcheck!) 'Widgie,' is famous for the 32kg Golden Eagle Nugget found in 1931. In the past few days Sue, Shane and I have collected coins dropped in rest bays so maybe we may get lucky here too! 

Today's ride finished in Coolgardie before a quick dash to Kalgoorlie to pick up our latest crew member. You can imagine the reunion was something special. Kristy certainly enjoyed giving Brad a big hug after his mammoth ride in getting to Kalgoorlie.

Once again we are very fortunate to have the luxury of a 'home' base in Kalgoorlie. Thank you very much to our hosts in Sandy and Greg for making their house available for us whilst in Kal. 

One happy Rider!

Having picked up Kristy, we made our way to Digger Dawes Oval for Brad and Sue to be interviewed Kalgoorlie Miner. Interview over, off to Maccas we went for Brad to have his well deserved 'junk' food fix! To say he enjoyed it is an understatement!